From crisis helpline operator to hospital social worker
17 of the 69 essential skills of a hospital social worker are already essential for a crisis helpline operator — about 25% of the job, before you learn anything new.
These numbers compare two occupations, not you and a job. What you personally already cover depends on what you have actually done.
- 17
- skills carry over
- 52
- would be new
- 25%
- of the target job covered
- 69
- essential skills of a hospital social worker
What a hospital social worker does
Hospital social workers provide counselling to patients and their families helping them to better cope with the illness, the emotions surrounding diagnosis, and with social and financial problems. They work in cooperation with doctors, nurses and other health professionals sensitising them on the emotional aspects of a patient. They act as link between patients and medical staff. Hospital social workers also support the patients and their families with the discharge from the hospital.
What carries over
17 skillsEssential in both jobs. This is the part of the move you have already made.
- accept own accountability
- adhere to organisational guidelines
- apply organisational techniques
- apply quality standards in social services
- assess social service users' situation
- company policies
- consider social impact of actions on service users
- contribute to protecting individuals from harm
- crisis intervention
- develop professional identity in social work
- have computer literacy
- listen actively
- maintain records of work with service users
- manage social crisis
- protect vulnerable social service users
- relate empathetically
- tolerate stress
What would be new
52 skillsEssential for a hospital social worker and not for a crisis helpline operator. Note that the taxonomy describes activities rather than tools, so some of these may be things you already do under a different name.
- address problems critically
- advocate for healthcare users' needs
- advocate for social service users
- apply anti-oppressive practices
- apply case management
- apply crisis intervention
- apply decision making within social work
- apply holistic approach within social services
- apply person-centred care
- apply problem solving in social service
- apply socially just working principles
- arrange in-home services for patients
- build helping relationship with social service users
- clinical social work
- communicate professionally with colleagues in other fields
- communicate with social service users
- comply with legislation related to health care
- conduct interview in social service
- cooperate at inter-professional level
- deliver social services in diverse cultural communities
- demonstrate leadership in social service cases
- develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship
- develop professional network
- empower social service users
- follow health and safety precautions in social care practices
- health care system
- involve service users and carers in care planning
- legal requirements in the social sector
- make legislation transparent for users of social services
- manage ethical issues within social services
- manage stress in the work place
- meet standards of practice in social services
- negotiate with social service stakeholders
- negotiate with social service users
- organise social work packages
- plan social service process
- prevent social problems
- promote inclusion
- promote service users' rights
- promote social change
and 12 more
Other moves from crisis helpline operator
2 roles- military welfare worker17 skills in common
- crisis situation social worker17 skills in common
← crisis helpline operatorhospital social worker →The other way round
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How far are you from being a hospital social worker?
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